Improved girdle for paint-brushes



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A. M. PIPER AND OLIVER ALLEN, or sPRINGFIELnMAssAcHU- l sETTs. i

l Laim Patent No. 86,586, dated February 2, 1869.

The Schedule referredto in these Letters Patent and makinglprt ofthevsame.

Be it known that we, A. M. PIPER and OLIVER AL- LEN, both of'Springfield, in the county of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, havemade and invented a new and useful Improvement in Girdles forPaint-Brushes; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and manner of using thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of'this specification, in which,-

Figure l is a side elevation of the girdle applied to a brush;

Figure 2, an elevation of the brush-head and clasphooks y ff;

Figure 3, an edge elevation of a single clasp, e

Figure 4, an end elevation` of the girdle and loops c c",- and Figure 5,a plan of the girdle A, as out from sheet-- metal, with the loopsc cattached.

Our invention consists in providing a girdle, A, with the side loops cc', and eyes d d, and combining` the same with the side supports orclasps ee.

To enable others skilled in the art to practise our invention, we givethe following' explanation:

From a sheet of tin or other suitable material, we'

out, for brushes of ordinary size, the girdle A, fig. 5, about five andone-half inches in length, by one and one-fourth inch in breadth, in oneend of which we punch two series of eyes, a a', and form the other endthereof into two hooks, b b', which hooks, when the girdle A is formedinto a hoop, lock into the eyes a a', as in tig. 5.

To opposite sides of the girdle A, we attach loops c c', extending fromthe edge thereofnext to the winding C, iig. 1, about two-thirds of theway across the same, and below each .of the loops c c we form, in thegirdle A, two, three, or more eyes, d d', iig. 5. v

And, further, we provide two clasps, of steel or other suitablematerial, c e', which pass through the loops c c', and the lower endsthereof, formed into short hooks, f j", catch respectively in the eyes del', while the upper ends thereof, forming somewhat longer and morebowing hooks g g', catch on the endo` brush-head1), and hold the girdleA closely up against the winding C, from which it would otherwise workdown to the paint-end ofthe brush.

Our girdle should be passed on to the bmsh from l the handle-endthereof, and clasped tightly around the bristles, about midway of theirlength, then pressed firmly up against the winding C, and the clasps e epassed through loops c c', till hooks f f catch and lock in the eyes ld. I

Having thus described our invention, and the manner of using the same,we disclaim the inventionof the girdle, when used alone, and as such;but A That we do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,`is

The girdle A, made adjustable, as described, and

`furnished with loops c c', in combination with the side supports orsprings e c', curvedat both ends, for the purpose described.

A. M. PIPER.

OLIVER ALLEN.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. HALL, SrDNEY SANDERS.

